K530 CID53 dead?

[fusi*n]

Initially I cross flashed my K530i to W660i firmware and managed to unlock the simlock. I did this by following firstly this video and then the walkthrough:
YouTube - Howto flash k530i with CID 53 to w660i
SE-NSE Forums > [cid53] W660 Ultimate Guide!

Now I decided to flash the phone back to generic K530i firmware:

MAIN_K530_R8BB001_MAIN_GENERIC_NC_RED53.mbn
FS_K530_R8BB001_FS_EUROPE_3_RED53.fbn
K530_HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_2_R8A_GENERIC_CENT_EUROPE

This all went through no problem.

Then I tried to follow the second section of SE-NSE Forums > [cid53] W660 Ultimate Guide! so I could unlock the phone with W530i firmware. This is where things went wrong.
The BREAK copied OK, so did the FS and the BFILES (look at walkthrough first).
After flashing I turned the phone on and it started loading and hung on "please wait" for ever. I took the battery out and put it back in turned it on and nothing. Just a black screen. Now when I try to flash new firmware on to it I get an error.
The MAIN copies OK but the FS stops at part 138 and then I get an error.

Is the phone dead?

[senter]

Initially I cross flashed my K530i to W660i firmware and managed to unlock the simlock. I did this by following firstly this video and then the walkthrough:
YouTube - Howto flash k530i with CID 53 to w660i
SE-NSE Forums > [cid53] W660 Ultimate Guide!

Now I decided to flash the phone back to generic K530i firmware:

MAIN_K530_R8BB001_MAIN_GENERIC_NC_RED53.mbn
FS_K530_R8BB001_FS_EUROPE_3_RED53.fbn
K530_HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_2_R8A_GENERIC_CENT_EUROPE

This all went through no problem.

Then I tried to follow the second section of SE-NSE Forums > [cid53] W660 Ultimate Guide! so I could unlock the phone with W530i firmware. This is where things went wrong.
The BREAK copied OK, so did the FS and the BFILES (look at walkthrough first).
After flashing I turned the phone on and it started loading and hung on "please wait" for ever. I took the battery out and put it back in turned it on and nothing. Just a black screen. Now when I try to flash new firmware on to it I get an error.
The MAIN copies OK but the FS stops at part 138 and then I get an error.

Is the phone dead?

Why use wrong files ?

Must use these:

K530_R8BE001_MAIN_GENERIC_NC_RED53
K530_R8BE001_FS_EUROPE_4_RED53
HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_13_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_4

or

K530_R8BB001_MAIN_GENERIC_NC_RED53
K530_R8BB001_FS_EUROPE_3_RED53
HB1-06_Gen_CDA102568_12_R8A_GENERIC_EUROPE_3

[fusi*n]

The files I used are good and worked until now. Is there anything I can do to fix it?

[fusi*n]

Would sending it to Sony within warranty work?

[riders4sia]

use the files that senter commented and post result

[fusi*n]

@riders4sia : tried the firmware suggested by senter but the error still comes up. Here is a screenshot:



any ideas?

[riders4sia]

that probably is a bad/corrupted files, try downloading again from the download area and post result

[fusi*n]

I did download these and all the other files from the download area on this site and all of them now give me the same error. The MAIN loads fully and then when I attempt to load the FILE SYSTEM it hangs at part 138 and comes up with the error that is in my last post.

[riders4sia]

that seems a Flash IC fault, try reheating the flash IC with hot airgun and try again

[fusi*n]

reheating the flash IC with hot airgun, can you please tell me where the flash IC is on this phone please? Does this reset the IC???